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Quantum Programming

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Mathematics of Program Construction (MPC 2000)

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In this paper a programming language, qGCL, is presented for the expression of quantum algorithms. It contains the features required to program a ‘universal’ quantum computer (including initialisation and observation), has a formal semantics and body of laws, and provides a refinement calculus supporting the verification and derivation of programs against their specifications. A representative selection of quantum algorithms are expressed in the language and one of them is derived from its specification.

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  1. Programming Research Group, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, OX1 3QD, England

    J. W. Sanders & P. Zuliani

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  1. School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, NG8 1BB, Nottingham, England

    Roland Backhouse

  2. Dep. Informática, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, P.O. Box, 4700-320, Braga, Portugal

    José Nuno Oliveira

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Sanders, J.W., Zuliani, P. (2000). Quantum Programming. In: Backhouse, R., Oliveira, J.N. (eds) Mathematics of Program Construction. MPC 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1837. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10722010_6

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